They are obviously encouraged by Trump’s action, but they are forgetting that there is no Constitutional Right to illegally enter this country, whearas the right to own guns does have that protection. Liberals often get out in front of their headlights when it comes to the Constitution.

You’re missing the point.

The wall is to STOP illegal immigration.

A gun ban would be to STOP murder.

FYI: Murder is also illegal.

Don’t be silly. Banning guns (setting aside for the moment of the Constitutionality of such a move) will not stop murder. Not even close.

you mean the law that gives the president the right to declare a national emergency and given limited powers in that regard?

Sure- can you name me any time that massive amounts of money have been reallocated from other parts of the budget via a national emergency declaration?

Are you for this happening repeatedly in other circumstances that the president sees fit? Or are only Republican presidents allowed to act imperially?

Sure. George W. Bush used the state of emergency after 9/11 to call hundreds of thousands of reservists and members of the National Guard into active duty in Iraq. Do you think that was previously funded by Congress and didn’t cost in the billions?

Presidents have been using the National Emergencies Act (which was enacted to curb what many felt were abuses of Executive power by several earlier Presidents) since it was enacted in 1976. In fact, about 30 of them remain in effect to this day even though they must be reviewed and renewed by Congress after one year and every six months after. None of them are free of cost and none of them were initially funded by Congress.

Hmmmm a national emergency to defend our boarders (a constitutional guarantee you know defend from those within and outside the country) vs something that is not allowed in the constitution (shall NOT be infringed).

If is such an emergency, then why did Trump wait TWO YEARS, and until he didn’t have BOTH chambers of congress to try and get the money for the wall?

So you honestly believe a future DEM president could use a national emergency declaration to repeal the second amendment and ban all guns?

No. A national emergency to create a gun registry will do

That issue has already failed the Constitutional test.

Besides, knowing which law abiding person owns what gun does absolutely nothing to reduce criminal activity related to guns. It doesn’t solve crimes and it doesn’t lead to convictions. It is a myth of Hollywood and TV Crime shows.

They could restrict ammunition purchases, semi-auto purchases, etc. They don’t necessarily have to “ban” guns. There are myriad ways to make them harder to use or more expensive to shoot without subverting the constitution.

Yes, but once the appropriation is made, reappropriation within the intent of the original appropriation (there is a huge amount of leway in some appropriations) is permissible by the Administration. That is the whole idea of the Nat. Emergencies Act … to give the President the discretion to use existing funds to cover the cost of a declared emergency without having to wait for Congress to approve specific funding to cover it.